for every grain of sand on every beach
on Earth there are 10,000 stars, the Milky Way includes billions of
Earth-like, potentially habitable planets.

The Milky Way itself is only one of
billions of galaxies, and we may be living in an
infinitely-increasing number of universes, otherwise known as
the multiverse.

Given all of this,
it is reasonable to assume that other life forms exist outside of
our planet. In addition, Earth is a part of a fairly
young planetary system, so it's possible there are extraterrestrials
out there that are far more advanced than us.

More recently, Physics and Astronomy
Professor at the University of Manchester, Brian Cox,
attempted to answer this question, which is now commonly referred to
as the Fermi Paradox.

Unfortunately for us, Cox's theory isn't
very optimistic for the human race.

What is the Fermi
Paradox?

There are at least 500-quintillion (or
500 billion billion) sun-like stars out there, and keep in mind that
that's a very conservative estimate.

A study (Prevalence
of Earth-size Planets Orbiting Sun-like Stars) from the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
suggests that at least 1% of the total stars in the universe have
Earth-like planets orbiting around them, meaning that 100 billion
billion Earth-like planets may exist.

For those of you who are skeptical
about extraterrestrials, let's make a conservative estimate that
after 1 billion years of existence, only 1% of these Earth-like
planets develop life.

To help you visualize this, that would
be the equivalent to every single grain of sand on Earth
representing one planet with life on it. Even if only 1% of that
number developed equal intelligence to humans, that would mean there
are 10 million billion intelligent civilizations in the universe.

If you scale these numbers down using
the same estimates to predict how many intelligent civilizations
exist in the Milky Way, you'd get 1 billion Earth-like planets and
100,000 intelligent civilizations in our galaxy alone.

In other words,
extraterrestrials may have destroyed their entire
civilization by means of political turmoil and/or technological
advancement, and we could repeat this same pattern of
self-destruction.

Cox's theory reminds me of
Stephen Hawking's
recent warning to the public
about artificial intelligence and how it could threaten the
entire human race and lead to our demise.

Could the greatest threat to
humanity be humanity?

Potential Explanation 2 - The Great Filter

Created by Associate Professor at
George Mason University, Robin Hanson, the
Great Filter (GF) theory
suggests that an incredibly difficult step exists in the
evolution of life, one that prevents civilizations from reaching
interstellar travel.

The question is:

Where are we in relation to the
GF?

Option 1 is that we've somehow
managed to pass the GF, a task that very few or potentially no
other civilization has accomplished.

Option 2 is that life is very rare,
so the GF is actually the fact that life began on Earth in the
first place. Option 3, the worst possibility, is that the GF is
in front of us and we are approaching some sort of event or
circumstance that prevents us from reaching higher intelligence.

Potential Explanation 3 - Extraterrestrials Have Visited Us
Before

There is substantial evidence that
proves extraterrestrials exist and that UFOs have been visiting
us for a long time.

More than a dozen NASA astronauts
have publicly stated that UFOs have been spotted including Dr.
Edgar Mitchell and Princeton University Physics
Professor Brian O'Leary:

Chairman of Hillary Clinton's 2016
presidential campaign, John Podesta, has been quoted many
times discussing the lack of UFO disclosure.

"There is a serious possibility
that we are being visited and have been visited for many
years by people from outer space, by other civilizations.

Who they are, where they are
from, and what they want should be the subject of rigorous
scientific investigation and not be the subject of 'rubishing'
by tabloid newspapers."

Lord Admiral Hill-Norton

Former Chief of Defence
Staff, 5 Star Admiral of the Royal Navy

Chairman of the
NATO Military Committee

Below video

Another example that may
prove extraterrestrials (ETs) have been trying to contact us for
years is the
crop circle phenomena.

For example, in 1974, a broadcast
(known as the "Arecibo" message) created by Carl Sagan and his
colleagues was sent into space via radio waves at a special
ceremony celebrating the remodeling of the Arecibo radio
telescope in Puerto Rico.

27 years later, in 2001, we
received a response to the 1974 broadcast when an intricate crop
circle appeared next to Britain's largest telescope and
observatory,
the Chilbolton, home to the
world's largest fully steerable meteorological radar.

Although many people are skeptical,
the
Thrive documentary produced by
Foster Gamble, the heir to Proctor & Gamble, provides a
compelling argument in support
of ETs creating many of these crop circles.

To understand this theory, let's
first examine the Kardashev
scale, which attempts to define civilizations of
different intelligence levels.

Type 0 civilizations extract its
energy from crude, organic-based resources (Carl Sagan
estimated we are Type 0.7). Type 1 can utilize all available
resources on their home planet, Type 2 has the capacity to
harness all of the energy from its star, and Type 3 could use
all of the energy from its galaxy.

We currently live in a third
dimensional world. We have not yet accessed, as a collective, a
higher dimension.

If you're unfamiliar with the
concept of higher dimensions, Carl Sagan provides an excellent
explanation:

If a type 3 civilization
was in fact visiting us, we may not even notice.

If a civilization of higher
intelligence is operating in the fourth dimension, we, as three
dimensional beings, wouldn't be able to see them let alone
communicate with them.

"Let's say we have an anthill in
the middle of the forest. And right next to the anthill,
they're building a ten-lane super-highway.

And the question is,

'Would the ants be able to
understand what a ten-lane super-highway is? Would the
ants be able to understand the technology and the
intentions of the beings building the highway next to
them'?"

So, Which
Explanation Is Correct?

I believe there is truth within each of
these solutions.

Ultimately, our egos are our greatest
enemies and we could end up destroying ourselves; however, I believe
we are experiencing a shift in consciousness, and as a result, the
possibility of this happening is decreasing.

I believe life in and of itself is a
miracle, so we've probably passed the Great Filter, but I
think other civilizations have as well due to the significant
evidence in support
of UFOs and the
existence of ETs.

It's no secret that the U.S. government
has tried to hide this from the public, but perhaps that's a good
thing. Maybe we aren't ready to contact ETs regularly until we reach
a higher state of consciousness, access higher dimensions and become
a more intelligent civilization.

No matter what you believe, the Fermi
Paradox is clearly a subject that merits further research and
discussion!

I'll leave you with this video to let
you think of the other possibility, that we have seen...